Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
So I departed and was free from imprisonment.
The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.
No one is free who does not lord over himself.